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metric ounces

metric ounces is the plural of metric ounce.

Meaning of metric ounce

Noun

metric ounce (plural metric ounces)

  1. 25 grams.
    • The new ounces would be all alike, representing 25 Gm. or CC., and would be from one-eighth to one-fifth less than the customary ounces. The metric ounce, 25.0; one fifth less than 1 apoth. ounce, 31.0. The metric ounce, 25.0, one-sixth less than 1 av. ounce, 28.35.1901, The Medical Standard, volume 24, page 306
  2. 30 grams.
    • Thirty grams or a metric ounce (the American ounce is 28 grams)1882, An Instruction Book in the Art of Silk Culture, page 83

Questions about metric ounces

What is metric ounces the plural of?
Metric ounces is the plural of metric ounce.

Words near metric ounces in the dictionary

  1. metric martyr
  2. metric martyrs
  3. metric mile
  4. metric miles
  5. metric ounce
  6. metric ounces
  7. metric pound
  8. metric pounds
  9. metric prefix
  10. metric prefixes
  11. metric shitload

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